Rose Beitelspacher

April 03, 2007

Hoven - Rose Beitelspacher, 98, Hoven, died Friday, Feb. 9, 2007, at the Holy Infant Hospital, Hoven. Her funeral service will be 1:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12, 2007, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Gettysburg, with Pastor Mark Moldenhauer officiating. Burial will follow at the Gettysburg Cemetery. Organist will be Nancy Holzwarth and soloist will be Gail Duenwald. Ushers will be Florian Drexler and Leonard Schatz. There will be a prayer service at Lien Funeral Home, Bowdle, 7:30 p.m. Sunday with visitation beginning 5 p.m. Rose Schilling, daughter of Christina (Bauder) and Wilheim Schilling, was born Aug. 3, 1908, southeast of Java. She was raised and educated in the Java-Lowry area. Following her schooling, she worked as a hired girl where needed and at home. She married Jacob Beitelspacher at Lowry on Oct. 21, 1930. They settled on a farm five miles east of Lowry. Jacob died March 28, 1975. Rose continued living on the farm until moving into Hoven in 1985. She remained there until 2003 when she moved to assisted living at the Herreid Good Samaritan Center. In 2004, she moved to the Selby Good Samaritan Center and since October 2006, had stayed at the Holy Infant Hospital. She was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church and the Ladies Aide. Rose's family remembers her as always keeping busy, feeding chickens on the farm, crocheting for her family, gardening, and raising beautiful flowers. Rose is survived by one son, Dennis (Audrey) Beitelspacher of Hoven; four daughters - Viola (Bob) Maroney of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., Violet Kaiser and Eileen (Jim) Baus of Hoven, and Mavis (Edward) Goehring of Herreid; one sister, Lydia Bieber of Gettysburg; 24 grandchildren; 56 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Family preceding Rose in death include her father on Dec. 3, 1968, her mother on July 29, 1954, her husband, five brothers (Jake, William, Christ, Edward, and Fred), one sister (Katie Schmidtgall), one infant granddaughter, two infant great-grandchildren, one stepgrandson, and two sons-in-law (Elroy Kaiser and Eugene Seibel). Honorary bearers will be all of Rose's grandchildren. Casketbearers will be Doug Maroney of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., Richard Baus of Spearfish, Kurt Kaiser and Darren Beitelspacher of Hoven, Devin Beitelspacher of Rapid City, and Michael Seibel of McLaughlin. To leave an online condolence or to view Rose's tribute video, visit www.MillerLi enFH.com. Lien Funeral Home, Bowdle, is in charge of arrangements.